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As you can tell by the skimpy description, I'm not really interested in this one. However, I don't think I'll be selling it - it's better to have one, than not to hehehe
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Yep!
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Glad this thread is back again. Did you build up any of the bikes from the previous page, specifically the rychtarski? Would love to see some pics to drool over!
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hmm, yeah.. maybe that is why i'd like to have one :)
think of me if you decide to sell! this is the only thing i'd be ready to give up my hungarian-made track frame for..
oh and really nice collection obvs. keep the thread going, interesting to see these between all the 1x do it all adventure tourers
silently goes back to hunting parts for boring disc brake adventure bike
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I'm really just focusing on gathering framesets atm, building them up is for later. The Rychtarski needs a rear low flange campy pista hub (32/6h) and a left 175mm pista crank arm. I could do a fluidisk in the rear, but I don't like that combination - either go double or not at all.
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Updates:
- Rychtarski has now got a complete hubset.
- Czeslaw Lang signing my front Del Tongo disc. Nice.
- Rychtarski has now got a complete hubset.
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Oh that's sweet! So, originally Stelbel frames were more popular in Poland under the brand WAJA (scroll up for more info), but since WAJA supposedly brought Osvaldo Cazzaniga to Poland, they worked closely together. That may explain why there are some Cazzaniga-branded Stelbel frames.
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Just to keep the thread alive
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More stuff:
Romet Super '87, similar to one I've posted before, only the lugs don't have cutouts on the sides, the fork has oval blades and the colour is slightly more lavender than blue. Plus, it has a POLSKA sticker on the non-drive side (why not on the DS I do not know, makes no sense), so it must've been made for the national team. It may have been used as a training bike or something of that sort, I don't believe they've actually raced them. The tubes are extremely thin, they've even bulged up slightly near some of the lugs (I've checked, it hasn't been crashed), so that one must've been brazed during the night shift, knowamsayin' %) %) %). Which isn't really funny since alcohol consumption is an integral part of Polish culture and the rates are still very high. Anyhow, the whole frameset is very light, much lighter than any of my track Super's. I've bought it without the fork, luckily a friend and a member on here still had one from his Super that I originally pulled out from a warehouse of some cycling club. So that's a nice touch hehe. The plan - full Super Record pista. I only need the right pedal, help me out.
Romet Super '85. Nothing too fancy, but it requires decals that are a bit more rare. See pic below
Plus, I have a track Super to match.
NOS Osca Super Criterium. It's actually identical to the grey one from a couple of pages back. The grey one had a down tube brazed in place of the top tube, this one is just your normal Osca. 58x56, so I'm interested to see how it handles.
I don't even know anymore what these things are. As you may remember I already own two such frames - one is a proper lo-pro, the other a semi lo-pro, and now this - a standard geometry. So umm, hat-trick? I know for certain that the lo-pro is an Osca, as I have a colour pic of it somewhere. The semi lo-pro I'm guessing is an Osca as well, because only Osvaldo could come up with such a geometry in the 80s (they became popular in the late 90s/early 2000s when Rychtarski and Orlowski started making them). This one may be a Romet Super, there are pics that confirm that. For now, I need to have it rebuilt - the downtube is slightly banged up, but I got it for free, so no complaints there.
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Mate, I don't even wanna count how many nuovo record pista pedals I need hahaha
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I've actually grown to like that one, ha!
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Oh yea, I've seen that one, seems perfect. Steep pricing and import charges though...
@Pawlus dzieki!
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Only needs a proper one-piece crankset and a nicer seatpost. Possibly a longer stem as well. Interesting geometry and handling. I doubt it'll be comfortable enough for longer rides, but we'll see.
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Bought it, received wrong pedal - strada instead of pista. I find it kinda funny at the same time - he could've sent me anything, bricks, potatoes, whatever. But instead of that, I got a nice looking campy super record strada right pedal, smh XD
I'm in the process of returning it, and if everything goes well, I'll receive what I actually paid for. Fingers crossed, guys.
This came in a couple of days ago. It's a 1989 Romet Super. I literally had no idea they existed in that particular geometry - I've only seen lo-pro versions so far (pic). Thes are pretty interesting, as the entire frame is built using Columbus SL tubes, however the fork crown (and blades, I suppose - you know, that metric/imperial thing) is Reynolds. Steerer is Columbus. This was common practice in 1989 for road and track versions, both standard and lo-pro geometry. Note the uncommon decals on the l0-pro - the seat tube decal has an outline of Poland with a dot located where Bydgoszcz is - that's where the main factory was.
Said crown:
The rear triangle is also different from other Super frames. The bridge has no reinforcing plates where it meets the stays and the stay caps are more narrow and somewhat subtle.
Interesting geometry, too. The space between the down tube and the wheel is pretty big.
This one is going to have white-blue fades, hopefully along with those obscure decals.
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Nothing too fancy, just a Romet Special, but from 1989, so not that common. You can see the Reynolds fork crown (yep, the whole thing is built on Reynolds 531, just like any other Special frame since their conception - they could've gone with something a tad lighter, but nope) and there's also a fancy V-shaped aero brake bridge. This one is going to be blue and white.
Whoop whoooop. Now that's something. Original WAJA track frameset. Yup, track. Okay, we all know that it's just an Alan Competition from around 73-74, but the funny thing is, that it's the decals that make it so rare. And these are original. WAJA or Walter Jakubowski was the guy that introduced Alan frames to Polish cyclists in the 70's. He just put his self-made decals on them and shipped to Poland, probably from Germany where he had his shop (I may still have a postcard stashed somewhere with the address). These frames were so popular and highly regarded among riders, that to this day people think that WAJA = aluminum frameset (Alan), whereas he imported steel frames as well - Stelbel and Pettenella for example. Some old coaches even think that he himself made them. Also, supposedly he was responsible for inviting Cazzaniga/OSCA to Poland. Even though this is technically a road frameset, it was used on track as it has the RD hanger sawed off.
As seen here (Czeslaw Lang):
and here (Jan Jankiewicz):
I'm still debating whether to build it up for track or for road. But for period-correctness, I'll probably go for the former option.
This is a Cinelli. I like the colour.